Franco Baldini could be set to pay for Tottenham Hotspur’s failure to land Danny Welbeck on transfer deadline day with his job.

Spurs chief Daniel Levy is understood to be furious with the club’s Italian technical director over missing out on the England international, who eventually joined arch-rivals Arsenal from Manchester United in a £16million deal.

And The People have reported Baldini could now be axed as the White Hart Lane outfit get ready to re-shuffle their backroom team ahead of the January transfer window.

New manager Mauricio Pochettino had made it clear to the board that he thought the club needed to sign another striker to secure Champions League qualification this season, and last week it was understood a loan deal for Welbeck was close to being completed.

However, after Olivier Giroud was ruled out for three months, Arsenal entered the market for a striker and trumped their north London rivals with a cash offer on Monday.

It left Spurs with just Emmanuel Adebayor, Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane as their only striking options.